in search of recs
3 Dec 2002 10:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cimoreneam feeling easily irritated this morning, which has made me think about irritability. and about those people who *always* irritate me, for one reason or another. you know what i'm talking about. they probably haven't even really done anything to you, but maybe just *once* they said something, or someone else said something, or you read something, and it got stuck in your head, or maybe you don't even have a real reason at all, but the bottom line is that i hate to think about them, really and truly.
what does this to me? people who don't like me. well, that's an actual reason, albeit not an entirely good one. this is not as simple as ego or lack thereof. i'm not sure what, precisely. or, well, not *everyone* who doesn't like me: let's say, if a friend of a friend doesn't like me. *that* gets my back up like nothing else--grr. if they dislike me in that particularly condescending way, even worse. and i don't mind it when i can ignore it, but if your friend prevents you from ignoring it, then, well.
trying to navigate te's recs blog in search of pros recs by "reputable people"--i can't argue with wax that merry lynne, sandy and torch are all very reputable, but i'm not sure how far i can throw them or if i, personally, can benefit from their recs. what does enjoying the fiction say? not sure. what if you haven't read it? ah, little grasshopper, you have your work cut out for you. found killa's recs through te too. what happened; did my taste grow up? i'll still read killa, as deliciously purple as she gets, but her recs don't work for me anymore and it makes me squirm. didn't i first venture out of my baby fandom [no, that's nsync, actually; trek is my home fandom, perhaps] on the coattails of that very same recs page?
these gingersnaps are really mediocre. much like a lot of pros slash i was reading last night--highlander flavored, no less. is it the characters? no, the time period, i think; you find some of that in early k/s, some old sentinel, etc, etc. weird fandoms abound on torch's recs page which i'm sure is quite good if you're as impartial as torch, but bears some getting used to if you're looking for something too specific.
i think there's a very conscious decision, you know, involved with recs pages. to divide by fandom, or not? the 'not' way may be a matter of principle, but it may also win you enemies. especially enemies who are looking for ONE SPECIFIC THING THAT THEY CAN'T FIND ANYWHERE (ahem). minions! pet me!
speaking of which--and also addressed to my minions--i've updated my own recs page, with more to follow soon. new l/g and f/s in lotr, zarah and lobelia in lotr rps, silvia, v, and torch in harry potter, pros stories in miscellany. some of it astonishingly good, like sil's and v's and oh. you should probably, i daresay, read it all. and i've more exploring to do on the pages of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ninglor, brieflydel, mirabellawotr, angstslashhope. must fill out those lotr and lotr rps recs, you know. for the latter i fear to brave beyond the fellowship, but may have no choice. claire or holls--hold me.
were you waiting for the link? don't let me stop you.
[the stories that leave you with a full belly and wanting more].
what does this to me? people who don't like me. well, that's an actual reason, albeit not an entirely good one. this is not as simple as ego or lack thereof. i'm not sure what, precisely. or, well, not *everyone* who doesn't like me: let's say, if a friend of a friend doesn't like me. *that* gets my back up like nothing else--grr. if they dislike me in that particularly condescending way, even worse. and i don't mind it when i can ignore it, but if your friend prevents you from ignoring it, then, well.
trying to navigate te's recs blog in search of pros recs by "reputable people"--i can't argue with wax that merry lynne, sandy and torch are all very reputable, but i'm not sure how far i can throw them or if i, personally, can benefit from their recs. what does enjoying the fiction say? not sure. what if you haven't read it? ah, little grasshopper, you have your work cut out for you. found killa's recs through te too. what happened; did my taste grow up? i'll still read killa, as deliciously purple as she gets, but her recs don't work for me anymore and it makes me squirm. didn't i first venture out of my baby fandom [no, that's nsync, actually; trek is my home fandom, perhaps] on the coattails of that very same recs page?
these gingersnaps are really mediocre. much like a lot of pros slash i was reading last night--highlander flavored, no less. is it the characters? no, the time period, i think; you find some of that in early k/s, some old sentinel, etc, etc. weird fandoms abound on torch's recs page which i'm sure is quite good if you're as impartial as torch, but bears some getting used to if you're looking for something too specific.
i think there's a very conscious decision, you know, involved with recs pages. to divide by fandom, or not? the 'not' way may be a matter of principle, but it may also win you enemies. especially enemies who are looking for ONE SPECIFIC THING THAT THEY CAN'T FIND ANYWHERE (ahem). minions! pet me!
speaking of which--and also addressed to my minions--i've updated my own recs page, with more to follow soon. new l/g and f/s in lotr, zarah and lobelia in lotr rps, silvia, v, and torch in harry potter, pros stories in miscellany. some of it astonishingly good, like sil's and v's and oh. you should probably, i daresay, read it all. and i've more exploring to do on the pages of
ninglor, brieflydel, mirabellawotr, angstslashhope. must fill out those lotr and lotr rps recs, you know. for the latter i fear to brave beyond the fellowship, but may have no choice. claire or holls--hold me.were you waiting for the link? don't let me stop you.
[the stories that leave you with a full belly and wanting more].
